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Secret World Of Children's Chants

Swifty said:
We had joy, we had fun
flicking bogeys at the sun
but the sun was too hot
so it changed all into snot.

Jesus Christ, superstar
spun round the corner on a Yamaha
did a skid
killed a kid
smashed his bollocks on a dustbin lid

classic 70's education ..
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Our version had "came down from heaven on a Yamaha" and missed the final line, or had a different final line that I've since forgotten.

The dustbin lid/bollock smashing is bit of genius.
 
Ogdred Weary said:
Our version had "came down from heaven on a Yamaha" and missed the final line, or had a different final line that I've since forgotten.

The dustbin lid/bollock smashing is bit of genius.
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Thank you, I can't take credit for that, it was one of the older boys.
 
1960s, in the Bible Belt yet:

Mine eyes have see the glory
of the coming of the Lord
He was going down the alley
in a fifty-seven Ford
One had was on the throttle
and the other on a bottle
of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer
 
My nephew came home from School one day and slyly announced to his parents that there's a Town in France where the naked Ladies dance. His father was actually proud of him in a nostalgic/rites of passage kind of way - which wasn't the reaction my nephew was expecting, given that he and his mates had only just invented the chant to shock.
 
The girls at my primary school (aged <10) did French skipping with a multi-verse song. The one verse that stuck in my mind was

When Suzie was a baby, a baby suzie was
She went, "Ooh, ah! I've lost my bra
I've left my knickers in my boyfriend's car."


There was also a short song the boys sang, to a sort of calypso rhythm:

Out in Jamaicy under a tree
Selling rubber Johnnies for you and me
One for a penny and one for a bob
It all depends on the size of your nob.

(Rubber Johnny = condom, bob = shilling, a coin worth 12 pennies at the time.)
 
Also, one my father told me, from his own school days"

I'm a little Girl Guide, I don't swear
Sh** b**ger a**ehole, I don't care!
 
I dimly recall one about an Indian Rajah, probably best left in the past.
 
To the tune of the 80's Lurpack advert, the kid who cheerfully sang it was ordered out of our classroom ..

We are the boys from the Durex mob
And you'll never out a better bit of rubber on your nob
It stick to your prick like evostick
And you can't get it off in the mooooorning.
 
David Plankton said:
Graham Knight
Had a shite
In the middle
Of the night
Saw a ghost
Eating toast
Halfway up a lamp post.
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Still better than Des'ree's song "Life"
This song is widely considered to have the worst lyrics ever. Yes, it's worse than Rebecca Black's "Friday".
I am only including it because Des'ree also rhymes ghost with toast (but she isn't 7 years old, so it isn't cute).
 
Bad Bungle said:
My nephew came home from School one day and slyly announced to his parents that there's a Town in France where the naked Ladies dance. His father was actually proud of him in a nostalgic/rites of passage kind of way - which wasn't the reaction my nephew was expecting, given that he and his mates had only just invented the chant to shock.
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We used to sing a similar ditty in our youth:

There's a place in France
Where the ladies wear no pants
They wiggle their bums
To the beating of the drums

A classic if ever there was one.
 
Lord Lucan said:
We used to sing a similar ditty in our youth:

There's a place in France
Where the ladies wear no pants
They wiggle their bums
To the beating of the drums

A classic if ever there was one.
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As daft as these school yard rhymes were/are, most casual listeners to rap/hip hop music don't realise that the now multi billion dollar rap industry actually started in the school yards with kids with skipping ropes singing whatever came into their daft little heads. I can still remember my Sister and her mates doing this in the early 70's. And then they started calling it 'rap'.


.. and I know Uncle Yith's a bit of a fan of this next one ..

 
Ha Ha love these - I remember this one.


Paul and Mary went to the dairy.

Paul showed Mary his hairy Canary.

Mary said Oh wot a whopper, lets go home and do it proper.

3 months later, all went well.

6 Months later, all went swell.

9 Months later the belly went pop, and out came a baby with a 12 inch c*ck


Ahhh, schooldays.
 
Swifty said:
To the tune of the 80's Lurpack advert, the kid who cheerfully sang it was ordered out of our classroom ..

We are the boys from the Durex mob
And you'll never out a better bit of rubber on your nob
It stick to your prick like evostick
And you can't get it off in the mooooorning.
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It wasn't Lurpak, it was Country Life, the Lurpak ad had a lady singing "The Danish Lurpak, the finest butter in the woooorld…" Though I wouldn't be surprised if that was bastardised too.
 
GNC said:
It wasn't Lurpak, it was Country Life, the Lurpak ad had a lady singing "The Danish Lurpak, the finest butter in the woooorld…" Though I wouldn't be surprised if that was bastardised too.
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Thank you GNC and that explains why I couldn't re find the advert this morning.
 
Swifty said:
Thank you GNC and that explains why I couldn't re find the advert this morning.
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It also illustrates where ads fall down if people don't remember the product. Was "Hope it's chips, it's chips!" sung to Que Sera, Sera advertising oven chips?!
 
GNC said:
It also illustrates where ads fall down if people don't remember the product. Was "Hope it's chips, it's chips!" sung to Que Sera, Sera advertising oven chips?!
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I think it was, am I wrong? (we used to sing that one at school as well)

edit: holy shit! .. you're right, it was for steakhouse grills.
 
Another school yard one

Ice cream and jelly
a punch in the belly
you can't watch the telly
cos your feet are too smelly

and ..

We all sat on the grass
the cleanest we could find
but Swifty sat in something else
the cows had left behind
 
Lord Lucan said:
We used to sing a similar ditty in our youth:

There's a place in France
Where the ladies wear no pants
They wiggle their bums
To the beating of the drums

A classic if ever there was one.
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That reminds me of ours - down in darkest Cornwall, several decades ago:

"All the girls in Spain do their wee-wee down the drain.
All the girls in Ceylon do the same with nothing on."
 
I think we all know the 'baby shark' song. If you don't – lucky you.

A few articles mention that it's based on a children's campground chant at least 30 years old, but I can't find any examples. The chant was apparently darker in tone than the current song. Can any of you remember such a chant? If so, how did it go?
 
I was taught one by my 7th grade art teacher, though she was clearly embarrassed to do so:

Two Irish men, Two Irish men a-diggin' in the ditch,
One called the other a dirty son-of-a-

Peter Murphy had a dog,
And a good dog was he.
He took him to a lady-friend
To keep her company.

She fed him up,
She fed him down,
She taught him how to jump.
He jumped up her petticoat and bit her on the cu--

Country boys, country boys, sittin' on a rock,
A bumble-bee came along and stung one on his Co--

Cocktails, ginger ales, 50 cents a glass
If you don't like it you can kiss my big fat as--

Ask me no more questions,
Tell me no more lies.
If you're ever hit
With a bucket of shit,
Just remember to close your eyes.
 
Swifty said:
As daft as these school yard rhymes were/are, most casual listeners to rap/hip hop music don't realise that the now multi billion dollar rap industry actually started in the school yards with kids with skipping ropes singing whatever came into their daft little heads. I can still remember my Sister and her mates doing this in the early 70's. And then they started calling it 'rap'.


.. and I know Uncle Yith's a bit of a fan of this next one ..

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Have you got a link for that? That's really interesting, as I always thought it was based on West African music. It actually makes a lot of sense what you say.
 
Swifty said:
As daft as these school yard rhymes were/are, most casual listeners to rap/hip hop music don't realise that the now multi billion dollar rap industry actually started in the school yards with kids with skipping ropes singing whatever came into their daft little heads. I can still remember my Sister and her mates doing this in the early 70's. And then they started calling it 'rap'.


.. and I know Uncle Yith's a bit of a fan of this next one ..

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You've reminded me of this gem. Bristol schoolkids lose their shit over weak rhymes.

 
Lord Lucan said:
There's a place in France
Where the ladies wear no pants
They wiggle their bums
To the beating of the drums
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The correct lyric is:

There’s a place in France
Where the ladies wear no pants
And the men all walk around
With their dingies hanging down
 
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